Recent movies I really enjoyed

It has been a hiatus of 2 months from my last visit to my blog. And I am breaking it now.

Just thought I could write a post on three of the recent movies I really enjoyed watching.

1. Vaagai Soodae Vaa

                A well directed movie depicting the reality of poor state of needy in the middle of this centenary. Simple and good story. "Sir" (Vimal) wants to become a government teacher per his father's wishes. As a step towards it, teaching to poor students of a distant village through a private organization would help him get a certificate which in turn will help in fetching Govt. job. Rest of the story revolves around how he manages to stay there, educates kids and wins heart of a village girl. Though the movie is pretty well predictable in the first 10 minutes of the movie, the screenplay and direction is good. Practicality is what I like the most in the movie. Worth the time.

2. Engeyum eppothum

                An awesome romantic movie. The climax is the first scene. But quite unpredictable ! Story writer knows exactly how he could make people pinned to the seats till the end. Story is very simple and practical too. It is all about two pair of lovers. The first pair is of a Chennai typical city guy and an innocent but brilliant village girl who comes to Chennai in search of a good job. As a first time visitor to the city she takes the help of a stranger (Vimal) in getting her to her sister's home. The guy is decent and manages to help the girl. She falls in love with him. Even he feels the same. But they go apart without knowing the whereabouts of each other !

The second pair - a workshop worker and a nurse ! What a pair :) The way they become lovers is really funny. But practical.

I personally like the first pair. Especially because of cute Ananya :) Her expressions are just awesome. 

Though the story has a tragic ending I like the practicality in it. Again a movie worth the watch.

3. Rowthiram

Another heroic movie for Jeeva next to Ko. A good story line and has an awesome song "maalai mangum neram". The story still though is not practical. So I don't like it much. Worth watching once for Jeeva.

Tamil film industry is booming with young intelligent directors. Hoping it to grow healthier :)

60 days of stay in Bangalore

This post is about the Bangalore moments I miss now.

My "MA in yoga" exams were spread across two weekends with an idle weekend in between. I cannot obviously take leave from work for 2 weeks. Hence I planned to work from Bangalore branch of Deloitte for 2 weeks. Then I had to stretch it for some more time owing to personal reasons. Though this 2 months of time is short compared to my 2 years of corporate life in Hyderabad, it is awesome to think upon.

Now I do miss a lot of Bangalore moments.

1. Alpine Eco stay with friends.

2. ID dosa batter :)

3. SKY, never enjoyed the beauty of it in any other place, especially the 10th floor room view.

4. AC buses - just love the travel in them though costly.

5. Lunch with Ashwin at Bharathi and Bhagini restaurants.

6. Even though I have played just once with Karthi - Squash at Alpine.

7. Ashwin's banana dish - really yummy.

8. Office cateria paratha with veg curry.

9. Fruit juice shop nearby office.

10. Cane juice shop nearby office.

Hoping for a longer stay in Bangalore in the near future :)

A delightful month it should be...

Weird thoughts creep in.. I just thought how good it would be if i take off from work for a month and do one different job on each day.. Doesn't this sound cool ? But I would love to do so.. Following are some of the tasks I would want to..

01. Bus driver

02. Auto driver

03. Traffic cop

04. Train driver

05. Bank teller

06. At a fruit salad counter

07. Bus conductor

08. Photographer

09. School Teacher

10. Journalist

11. In a baby shop :)

12. Aquarium

13. Tailor

14. Farmer

15. Weaver

16. Cook

17. DJ

18. Grocery shop

19. STD Booth

To be contd..

Best moments in my life :-)

Just felt like recollecting awesome moments in my life :-)

1. District Third in SSLC (483/500).

2. 200/200 in Physics in 12th Board Exams. I owed this to my greatest teacher Gunasekaran sir :-)

3. Admission to PSG Tech in ECE department.

4. Both me and my best friend placed in Deloitte.

5. First day in Deloitte (with the laptop in hand).

6. Reached Jantar Mantar Junior Quiz finals in Tirupur when I was in school.. Not sure of the class..

7. Took part in Oratorical Finals in Chennai conducted by Forest Department of TN in my 9th standard(My mom took me to Chennai - Can never forget this !!!).

8. One of the 20 NCC cadets from Tamil Nadu to take part in National Integration Camp held at New Delhi.(In my ninth standard).

9. Tens of competitions (Oratorical, Painting, Quiz, etc.,) won in School days.

10. The first pay slip with the joining Bonus :-)

To be contd...

Just a come back !

It is been quite a long time since I posted last. While thinking of doing something interesting got the idea of posting a blog :-)

Let me write about the corporate life since June 29th 2009.

Days are really busy with work occupying most of mind space. With an experience of 20 months in corporate world I have learnt a lot professionally and socially.

Corporate world to me is just an extension of college life with one exception that is I am earning :-) Learning is there each and every day in corporate world as like in college life. If you like challenges then surely IT field will best suit you. Sky is the limit. Be it professional life or social life you will be challenged with difficult situations at any time. You have to take the decisions on your own. Your career growth depends very importantly on the rate you take the right decisions.

Very few good things I have done so far !!! Just thought of putting them here to rekindle my own interests on those lines.

1. Went to an orphanage (six months back I think) which is located around 12 kilometers from the place I reside. Around 30 kids were there; their ages ranging from 3 to 15. A single guy is running this orphanage in his own place. So no rent problem. But for food and education of the children he was finding it difficult. His name is Nutan. Amidst those who keep piling their riches, this guy is quite different. Hats off to this guy. Made a small contribution I was able to at that time.

2. It was in another two weeks I had a chance to visit another orphanage. This one is near JNTU in Kukatpally. A guy around the age of 45 was in the place. He welcomed me with a question on his face ! I introduced myself and started inquiring about the orphanage. There were a lot of students all having books in their hands. I once again felt heavy that day for the lives of those kids. Left the place of with a different feeling.

To be contd.. 

Dance pics

Been a long time since i blogged. These days I started dancing :) Totally i think there are three major performances i have done so far in a span of 4 months. The first one was the "One Family Day" event. It was awesome. We managed to reach the finals. The second performance was for Diwali celebrations. We did a Bhangra. And now the third one is on ITS (my team) celebrations held in N Convention. Below is the costume we used for the ITS celebrations' event.

To print input till output is 42 !

This is a just a problem I found in CodeChef (Thanks a ton to Bittu for introducing this site to me :-)) :-)


Problem :


Your program is to use the brute-force approach in order to find the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. More precisely... rewrite small numbers from input to output. Stop processing input after reading in the number 42. All numbers at input are integers of one or two digits.


Code I have tried :



using System;


namespace LifeTheUniverse
{
    class ClsCodeChef1
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            int a = 0, i = 0;
            int[] b = new int[1];
            Console.WriteLine("Input:");
            while (a != 42)
            {
                a = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
                b[i] = a;
                i++;
                Array.Resize(ref b, i + 1);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Output:");
            for (int j = 0; j < i - 1; j++)
                Console.WriteLine(b[j]);
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

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